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September 27: Knight salutes hero Cantona
Leon Knight today revealed the part played by his idol Eric Cantona in finishing his goal famine for Albion. Knight developed his penalty technique after reading the enigmatic former Manchester United and French star's autobiography. Pausing in his run-up
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Manager wins payroll award
Helen Harvey has been named Payroll Manager of the Year. She was given the honour by the Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management (IPPM) at its inaugural awards ceremony this month. Helen works for Brighton-based Enable, which was the first payroll
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Strike fails to hit Gatwick flights
A strike by baggage handlers and maintenance workers at Gatwick failed to disrupt flights on Saturday. Hundreds of workers mounted picket lines outside the airport as they launched a 24-hour walkout in protest at workloads and the suspension of a union
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Web shoppers on increase
Shoppers surfing the internet spent an average of £770 each last year on goods and services. A survey says almost half of those polled had bought a holiday, flight or hotel stay. Close behind were CDs and other forms of music bought by 45 per cent. More
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Blair urged to save hostage
A leading member of Brighton's Muslim community has urged Ken Bigley's kidnappers to set him free. Dr Abdujalil Sajid, the Imam of Brighton and Hove, also told Tony Blair he should do more to help secure the British hostage's release. Dr Sajid spoke to
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Letter: Sit on him, girls
As a South African visiting many old friends and former nursing colleagues in Sussex, I have been encouraged to write about a violent criminal who more than met his match against a group of women. Some time ago, there was a dangrous intruder to my keep
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Conference South: Bognor 1 Cambridge City 2
Bognor suffered their second defeat in a week after going down 2-1 at home to Cambridge City. The Rocks, who have loaned last season's top scorer Matt Russell to Worthing, went behind to a Dave Sadler goal after just two minutes. Luke Nightingale equalised
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Letter: Anti-ageism
This year, Age Concern Week is from September 25 to October 2 and its theme is ageism. As part of its contribution to the week, Age Concern East Sussex is collecting examples of ageism in the fields of employment (both paid and voluntary), education and
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Conference South: Dorchester 3 Eastbourne 1
Borough manager Garry Wilson is hoping to keep Albion trainee Gary Elphick for a bit longer. The young defender was drafted in on work experience for a one-off appearance against Dorchester and scored a consolation goal in a 3-1 away defeat. Wilson said
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Conference South: Lewes 2 Bishop's Stortford 1
Manager Steven King believes the next three games will show whether Lewes are title contenders. The Rooks lie fifth following a 2-1 win over Bishop's Stortford and now face a trip to Havant, plus home games against leaders Hornchurch and Weymouth. King
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FA Vase: Round-Up
Ken McCreadie got one over on his old mate Dave Winteron as Hailsham beat local rivals Eastbourne Town 2-1 to book their passage into the third qualifying round. McCreadie is a former coach at Town where Winterton is boss and the two shared a drink after
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Knight salutes hero Cantona
Leon Knight today revealed the part played by his idol Eric Cantona in finishing his goal famine for Albion. Knight developed his penalty technique after reading the enigmatic former Manchester United and French star's autobiography. Pausing in his run-up
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EU-based tour firms hit by 'unfair' VAT rules
Unfair VAT rules are pricing Europe's tour operators out of their own market, a conference in London will be told today. The European Tour Operators Association wants European Union tax changes to ease the pressure and help boost the flagging sector.
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Minimum wage forces employer rethink
The national minimum wage is having more impact on pay rates than was foreseen when it was introduced five years ago, a new report claimed today. The hourly rate, which increases from £4.50 to £4.85 on Friday (October 1) is setting the pay agenda for
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User-friendly site upgrade
A web design company has revamped a college's internet site to make it more user-friendly for disabled people. KDM Consultants, based in Robertson Road, Brighton, was asked to redesign City College's web pages to meet the disability benchmark. The college's
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Jim Moray, Komedia, Brighton
Jim Moray is the new poster boy for the avant-trad. This year's winner of BBC Radio 2's Folk Award for Best Album for his debut Sweet England, he takes traditional folk songs and reworks them as befits a man in his early 20s. Try to imagine staples of
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Letter: Frail and wrinkly? Not me!
I felt I had to write this letter as I am the 81-year-old Renee Ansell from TV's X-Factor. According to the newspapers, I'm frail, crinkly and wrinkly. I may be more than 81 years old but I'm not frail. I have been standing for 25 years in my shop and
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Letter: Pride is fun but too loud
Now that the hoo-hah has subsided, I would like to say a few words about Pride. One's enthusiasm for gays to be recognised can result in overlooking the irritating aspect of the event. First of all, people ask: "Why should they want to have a parade because
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Bears coach swaps bus for Bentley after ban
Brighton Bears basketball coach Nick Nurse is back on the road after a two-year ban for drink-driving. He said his message for anyone who is thinking of driving after a drink is: "Don't". Nurse, 37, who took the keys of a Bentley GT Continental to start
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Letter: Jesus died for us
M B Johnson thinks the primary purpose of Jesus's coming into the world was an act of solidarity with ordinary humans (Letters, September 10) but this is incorrect. As he will see from John 12.27, Jesus makes it clear the primary purpose of his coming
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Club blasts 'devious' Falmer opponents
Brighton and Hove Albion have accused opponents of Falmer stadium of using cynical tactics to delay the reopened public inquiry. The inquiry, reopened by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to explore possible alternative sites for a 22,000-seat stadium
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Letter: Stop daft names
I am in total agreement with Stephen Simpson (Letters, September 15) concerning the renaming of pubs. The people responsible must be either totally ignorant of the meaning and history behind the original names, or they just don't care. For some time now
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Fair trade protesters greet delegates
Thousands of protesters marched outside the Labour Party conference in a campaign to stop the exploitation of workers in developing countries. More than 5,000 people crammed on to the seafront for yesterday's Trade Justice demonstration after staging
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Letter: Walk must stay
I'm so sad to hear about the proposed closure of the Undercliff walk at Brighton Marina. English Nature objects to putting mesh along the cliff to help preserve its life but erosion is a natural occurrence during bad weather, namely frost, ice and driving
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Letter: Why no news?
I have just arrived back from New Orleans, Louisiana, where I narrowly escaped Hurricane Ivan but when I phoned home every day to let my family know how I was, there had been no coverage in the media and nil from newspapers, including The Argus. How could
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Richmond Fontaine, Hanbury Ballroom, Kemp Town, Brighton, Monday September 27
Named after a down-and-out American expatriate they met while hitchhiking through Mexico, Richmond Fontaine formed in 1994 out of a mutual love of Willie Nelson and Husker Du. Nine years and six albums later, they're being hailed as the new heroes of
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Letter: Why the car beats public transport
With reference to Councillor Simon Williams' suggestion that we abandon our cars for public transport (Letters, September 8) does he live on Earth? Does he really think a shift worker at Gatwick airport who lives in Brighton can use public transport to
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Letter: World's envy?
Remember John Major telling us how rail privatisation would deliver a network that would be "the envy of the world"? Compare that with the Strategic Rail Authority's utterly inadequate proposals for the Brighton Main Line (The Argus, September 10) which
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Letter: Poor service
I have read the recent comments regarding supermarkets and the Sainsbury's superstore at West Hove with interest. In my opinion, if that store is anything to go by, it is not surprising that Sainsbury's is losing its market share. Although it is supposed
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Driver survives cliff fall
A woman miraculously survived when her car plunged over notorious Sussex beauty spot Beachy Head. She was saved when her 4x4 vehicle became wedged between rocks on the cliffs near Eastbourne. The middle-aged driver managed to free herself from her Mitsubishi
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Pop singer who faced death at 27
The Man Inside My Head sounds like a normal title for a pop song written by a passionate young man keen to bear his soul. But this particular song is not about expressing the innermost thoughts of songwriter Ashley Bruce. What he is singing about is the
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Tax shock for relatives of Babes in Wood girls
The family of the murdered Babes in the Wood schoolgirls have appealed for Gordon Brown to waive the tax bill for the restoration of their graves. Nine-year-olds Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows were killed in Wild Park, Brighton, in 1986. The headstone
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Letter: Helpless store
My granddaughter was unfortunate enough to have an accident in Hove Sainsbury's. She cut an eyebrow open and there was a lot of blood which frightened her. Her three-year-old sister was screaming because her sister was crying from the shock and trauma
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Isthmian Division One: Horsham 4 Leatherhead 1
Horsham's Ryan Rummery struck after just 14 seconds on his way to a superb hat-trick as Leatherhead were sunk 4-1. Rummery's quickfire effort after cutting in from the right got Hornets off to a flyer but Wes Harrison levelled on five minutes. An overhead
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Isthmian Division One: AFC Wimbledon 3 Hastings 1
Two goals inside three minutes in the second half undid Hastings against league leaders AFC Wimbledon in front of a 2,873 crowd at the Fans Stadium. An inspired display by stand-in goalkeeper Greg Nessling kept the home side, who have now gone 71 games
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Isthmian Premier: Worthing 5 Salisbury 1
A couple of extra hard training sessions and the introduction of two new players combined to put Worthing firmly back on track with a 5-1 demolition of Salisbury City at Woodside Road. Boss Alan Pook got exactly the response he demanded from his players
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Letter: Gerrymandering
I am surprised none of the recent letters in The Argus regarding demolishing nice homes and replacing them with blocks of "affordable" flats has mentioned the major reason for this happening. Clearly, the majority of those leaving the nice homes would
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Letter: Where can we skate in the meantime?
If the doomed Sussex Ice Rink had featured in a who dunnit movie, the saga would be too predictable. Everyone, especially the skaters, knows the council did it. A section of Brighton and Hove City Council has always viewed the dilapidated venue as a lucrative
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Conference: Crawley 4 Forest Green 2
The understated reaction of Fiston Manuella to the best goal he is ever likely to score illustrated why Crawley are thriving this season. The Reds midfielder, making his first home start of the season, smashed a 30-yard drive into the top corner. It was
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Match report: Gillingham 0 Albion 1
The penny has dropped for Leon Knight - after Mark McGhee dropped him from the starting eleven. Albion's manager is determined to turn his maverick marksman into more of a team player. There are signs the message is getting through to last season's prolific
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County League: Round-Up
Worthing United manager Ian Browne gave his players a half-time rollicking as they came back to beat struggling East Grinstead 2-1 and move into second in division one. Two goals by Dave Schneider steered United to victory after Grinstead had taken a
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Isthmian Division One: Burgess Hill 0 Croydon 1
Burgess Hill fans responded to manager Gary Croydon's appeals to get behind the team but they weren't enough to prevent Hillians slipping to defeat against strugglers Croydon. Croydon said: "I called for more support and people responded as we had a gate
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Manager wins payroll award
Helen Harvey has been named Payroll Manager of the Year. She was given the honour by the Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management (IPPM) at its inaugural awards ceremony this month. Helen works for Brighton-based Enable, which was the first payroll
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Cab firm's boost for disbaled
A taxi firm has invested almost £250,000 in ten vehicles designed specially for people who use wheelchairs. Southern Taxis (Brighton) has already taken delivery of six of the Ford Transit vehicles and hopes to have the remaining four before Christmas.
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Web shoppers on increase
Shoppers surfing the internet spent an average of £770 each last year on goods and services. A survey says almost half of those polled had bought a holiday, flight or hotel stay. Close behind were CDs and other forms of music bought by 45 per cent. More
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Laura Veirs, Komedia, Brighton
Laura Veirs had two excellent warm-up acts to follow. Rachel Myers, a Brighton-based singer/songwriter, sang lovely melodic songs that featured strong poetic images and a finely finger-picked acoustic guitar accompanied by a single electric guitarist.
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September 25: Gillingham 0 Albion 1
The penny has dropped for Leon Knight - after Mark McGhee dropped him from the starting eleven. Albion's manager is determined to turn his maverick marksman into more of a team player. There are signs the message is getting through to last season's prolific
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EU-based tour firms hit by 'unfair' VAT rules
Unfair VAT rules are pricing Europe's tour operators out of their own market, a conference in London will be told today. The European Tour Operators Association wants European Union tax changes to ease the pressure and help boost the flagging sector.
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Centrica buys telecoms firm
British Gas group Centrica has expanded its telecoms portfolio after buying up rival Telco for £43 million. Centrica, which already offers telecoms services under the One.Tel and British Gas Communications brands, said the move would add another 250,000
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Minimum wage forces employer rethink
The national minimum wage is having more impact on pay rates than was foreseen when it was introduced five years ago, a new report claimed today. The hourly rate, which increases from £4.50 to £4.85 on Friday (October 1) is setting the pay agenda for
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User-friendly site upgrade
A web design company has revamped a college's internet site to make it more user-friendly for disabled people. KDM Consultants, based in Robertson Road, Brighton, was asked to redesign City College's web pages to meet the disability benchmark. The college's
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Cab firm's boost for disbaled
A taxi firm has invested almost £250,000 in ten vehicles designed specially for people who use wheelchairs. Southern Taxis (Brighton) has already taken delivery of six of the Ford Transit vehicles and hopes to have the remaining four before Christmas.
